Indianapolis man beaten by friends for car, tax refund

8:40 AM,
Feb. 5, 2013

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An Indianapolis man was happy to have $3,000 in his pocket after cashing a tax refund check, he told police, but his excitement quickly turned to misery after, he claimed, two of his friends physically attacked him shortly before 10 p.m. Monday to get the money for themselves.

Police found David Perkinson, 26, bleeding from his head, neck and hands on the Westside in the 300 block of South Fleming Street, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department report. Perkinson named two friends whom he said "jumped him" at a gas station in the 1200 block of South Lynhurst Drive, striking ...